There is a reassuring, even agricultural quality to the phrase "grow immunity," as though resilience might be sown like seeds and reaped when the time is right. Biology is less…
Although the modern herbal industry frequently presents itself as sleek and futuristic, its true power comes from recipes that were created when medicine relied more on close observation than sophisticated…
It wasn't marketing efforts or wellness influencers that sparked the resurgence of interest in common herbs. It gradually came to light through data points that kept coming up, demonstrating that…
There was no sudden fondness for herbal teas or nostalgia behind the resurgence of scholarly interest in roots. It gradually came to light through test results that would not be…
In late spring, a local healer named Ramesh Thami would gather jatamansi roots in the central hills of Nepal. The fragile plant used to flourish under a fixed seasonal rhythm…
On a Sunday morning, she planted the first row, her hands brushing cool earth against her skin. It was only then that she realized how much of herself she had…
There is nothing ostentatious or noisy about the silent return of medicinal plants to pharmaceutical science. No billboards are announcing it. However, plants are once more being viewed as incredibly…
With hands buried in dirt and the smell of moist earth clinging to fingertips, it starts out gently. There's no algorithm, no hurry, and no ping. Simply the obvious existence…
It was rare for traditional plant knowledge to declare itself to be knowledge. It came softly, more like background music than a lecture, interwoven with gestures, seasons, and casual comments…
In areas that appear to be deliberately unwelcoming, saltmarsh cordgrass flourishes. Salt levels fluctuate dramatically, muddy flats suddenly flood, and the oxygen in the soil vanishes for hours at a…